Kyrgyzstan men's national ice hockey team

The Kyrgyzstan national ice hockey team (Kyrgyz: Кыргызстандын улуттук шайбалуу хоккей курамасы, romanized: Kyrgyzstandyn Uluttuk Shaibaluu Hokkei Kuramasy; Russian: Сборная Киргизии по хоккею с шайбой) is the national men's ice hockey team of Kyrgyzstan. They are controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).^[2] As of 2022, Kyrgyzstan is ranked 49th in the IIHF World Ranking.^[3]

Kyrgyzstan

Association	Ice Hockey Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic
General manager	Elzar Bolotbekov
Head coach	Mikhail Chekanov
Assistants	Salamat Tynaliev
Captain	Mamed Seifulov
Most games	Uran Tursunbekov (29)
Top scorer	Mamed Seifulov (29)
Most points	Vladimir Nosov (56)
Home stadium	Bishkek Arena
Team colors
IIHF code	KGZ
Ranking
Current IIHF	41 2 (26 May 2025)[1]
Highest IIHF	45 (2024)
Lowest IIHF	52 (2019–21)
First international
Kyrgyzstan  15–4  Thailand (Astana, Kazakhstan; 28 January 2011)
Biggest win
Kyrgyzstan  29–0  Bahrain (Harbin, China; 5 February 2025)
Biggest defeat
South Korea  20–0  Kyrgyzstan (Harbin, China; 11 February 2025)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	5 (first in 2019)
Best result	41st (2025)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances	2 (first in 2011)
Best result	6th (2011)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances	3 (first in 2014)
Best result	6th (2016)
International record (W–L–T)
41–14–0

History

Kyrgyzstan played its first game in 1962 during the Winter Spartakiad which was held in Sverdlovsk, USSR, in which they represented the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic. Kyrgyzstan played seven games, winning both games against the Armenian SSR and losing five to the Ukrainian SSR, the Estonian SSR, the Latvian SSR, the Georgian SSR and the Lithuanian SSR respectively.^[4]

In 2011 Kyrgyzstan returned to international play when they competed in the Premier Division of the 2011 Asian Winter Games. In the first game of the tournament, Kyrgyzstan recorded their first-ever win, defeating Thailand 15–4.^[4] Kyrgyzstan went on to win the Premier Division after winning all six of their games and finishing on top of the table.^[5]

Kyrgyzstan made its debut in the World Championships in 2019, playing in the Division III qualification tournament held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. They finished first after winning all five games. However, all their first four games were later voided and the results were counted as 5–0 forfeits due to Kyrgyzstan's player Aleksandr Titov being disqualified. Later IIHF acknowledged they had made a mistake, but the results would still stand.^[6] Tournaments in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but Kyrgyzstan hosted the 2022 Division IV tournament.^[7]

Tournament record

World Championships

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L
1954 through 1991		As part of the  Soviet Union
1992 through 2018		Did not enter
2019	Abu Dhabi	52nd place[note 1] (6th in Division III Q)	5	1	0	0	4
2020	Bishkek	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]
2021	Bishkek	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[9]
2022	Bishkek	45th place (1st in Division IV)	4	4	0	0	0
2023	Sarajevo	46th place (1st in Division III B)	5	5	0	0	0
2024	Bishkek	42nd place 2nd (in Division III A)	5	4	0	0	1
2025	Istanbul	41st place (1st in Division III A)	5	5	0	0	0
2026	TBD	(Division II B)	0	0	0	0	0
Total			24	19	0	0	5

Asian Winter Games

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD
1986-2007	did not participate
2011	Astana	6th place (1st in Premier Division)	6	6	0	0	0	95	23	+72
2017	Sapporo	12th place (2nd in Division II)	4	3	0	0	1	25	14	+11
2025	Harbin	7th place (1st in Group B)	5	2	2	0	1	55	35	+20
Total		3/9	15	11	2	0	2	175	72	+103

Challenge Cup of Asia

Year	Host	Result	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L
2008 through 2013		did not participate
2014	Bishkek	8th place (2nd in Division I)	5	4	0	0	1
2015	Kuwait City	8th place (3rd in Division I)	5	3	0	0	2
2016	Bishkek	6th place (1st in Division I)	4	4	0	0	0
2017 through 2020		did not participate
Total			14	11	0	0	3

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 11 February 2025^[4]

Key

	Positive balance (more Wins)
	Negative balance (more Losses)
	Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Bahrain	2	2	0	0	44	10
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	0	1	25	9
Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	18	12
Iceland	1	0	0	1	4	9
India	4	4	0	0	42	6
Iran	2	2	0	0	31	1
Israel	1	0	0	1	4	5
Kuwait	6	4	0	2	46	26
Luxembourg	2	2	0	0	12	6
Macau	3	2	0	1	15	7
Malaysia	5	5	0	0	82	13
Mexico	1	1	0	0	9	4
Mongolia	1	1	0	0	13	3
Oman	1	1	0	0	7	3
Philippines	1	1	0	0	10	5
Qatar	2	2	0	0	16	2
Romania	1	0	0	1	2	18
Singapore	5	4	0	1	48	11
South Africa	1	1	0	0	10	1
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	20
Thailand	3	1	0	2	19	18
Turkmenistan	4	2	0	2	22	18
United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	0	30	8
Total	55	41	0	14	501	214

Notes

1. After winning their first four games, a player was disqualified and all their results were counted as 5–0 forfeits.